Did it also move them? Moving is 'copy to somewhere else then delete from
here'. Normally stop processing would stop the remaining rules so the
messages are moved and a copy is not placed in the deleted items folder. But
if outlook is busy or resources slow, rule processing can be buggy - it
sounds like the next rule started processing before it hit stop processing,
so a copy was made and moved to deleted.

(PS please leave the full thread in the reply so its easier to reference)

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"mcp6453" wrote in message
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Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
Do you have a second rule that is moving items to the deleted folder?
Unless Lists is in the deleted items folder, that rule is not the
culprit.


There is no rule that deletes any messages. Lists is a separate folder. It
is not in the deleted items folder.

The way I determined that this rule is the culprit is by running the rules
one at a time. This one deleted several messages from the Inbox.